Activities
Summer Camps at UUCoV:
June 30-July 4th 2025 (no camp on July 1 stat)
Camp for Youth:
Uniquely U: a radical inclusion camp
Camp for 5-10 years
Wonder Camp
Camps runs 9 am to 4 pm each day and is held on the beautiful Unitarian Universalist building and grounds on traditional WSAANEC territory.
Our camp divides into two groups: WONDER CAMP for youngers (5 to approx 10 years) and UNIQUELY U camp for young youth 10 to 16 years. Final grouping will be decided by camp directors depending on the # and age composition of who enrolls (and also by interest; we welcome your requests). We ask that all campers be of school age.
Cooking and eating lunch together will be a wonderful and special part of the camp experience. We also ask that you send a hearty snack with your child each day.
*** We will do our best to create lunches that everyone enjoys, and will also ask that campers be willing to try new foods. If your child/youth is particular in what they like to eat, please be prepared to send lunches from home as needed.
Each year our UU community participates in the Victoria Pride Parade, which happens this year on Sunday July 6. We warmly invite your family to join the fun! Please know that while UU parade leaders will be there to support, we cannot be officially responsible for your child at the parade– they must attend with a guardian who is ultimately responsible for their comfort and safety.
Camp fees are on a sliding scale basis of $100 – $200 for the week.
Past Activities
What is the Shape of Your Ministry?
Rev. Melora Lynngood with worship associate David Tietz – Ministry is not only something done by professional ministers; ‘ministry’ in the more general sense is anything
Reckoning with Reconciliation and Race
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Fran Pardee, Worship Associate – While we were away the headlines continued unabated: the many lives lost at residential schools whose
Embracing Possibility?
Rev. Melora Lynngood with Fran Pardee, Worship Associate – What is your emotional response when you hear the word, “possibility?” Excited? Wary? Hopeful? Cynical? Tired? When someone
Returning: Changed and the Same
Rev. Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Mollie Twidale – Our annual Homecoming Sunday, the first Sunday after Labour Day when we officially kick off a
The Role of Faith Institutions in Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency
Seth Klein with worship associate Casey Stainsby – How can we align our politics and economy with what the science says we must do to address
The Risk of Living
Rev. Shana Lynngood with worship associate David Vest – Being alive is inherently risky. The pandemic made the risks that we choose and choose to ignore
Be Calm. Be Kind. Again. Still.
Rev. Melora Lynngood with worship associate Mollie Twidale – As we prepare to transition out of the pandemic and begin to figure out how to do
Promoting a Death-Positive Culture
Tracey Thompson with worship associate Victoria Barr – Tracey is a trained death doula from the Institute of Traditional Medicine. She desires to create and hold
Letting Go
Emily Tietz with worship associate Lynne Bonner – Winter yawned into spring, then spring roared into summer. It might be hard to imagine now but, before
Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
11:00 am service – Six white Vancouver Unitarian members take a first step and agree to meet and study the controversial book, “Me and White Supremacy” over
Class and Money
Class and Money – Anna Isaacs with worship associate David Vest – What is it like to live “below” middle class? What is it like to
Sustainability and Unsustainability: Coming to Terms with Living on an Island
Sustainability and Unsustainability: Coming to Terms with Living on an Island – Dr. Richard Kool with worship associate Fran Pardee – Many of us living on
Holistic Bodies and the Physical Education Revolution
Holistic Bodies and the Physical Education Revolution – Paloma Callo with worship associate Samantha Magnus – Inspired by Paloma’s undergrad thesis work, this sermon explores
“Oneness” – A Sacred Tool for Reconciliation
Sharon Jinkerson-Brass with worship associate Lynne Bonner – The medicine wheel is a metaphoric tool used to describe the infinite cycle of space and time
Pride and Poetry
James Summer, City of Victoria Youth Poet Laureate, with worship associate Casey Stainsby – Poetry is an amazing way to communicate our experiences and connect with